As Cold and Flu Season arrives, keeping your environment clean is essential to maintaining the safety and well-being of yourself and those around you, whether at home, at work, or in a healthcare setting.
At Med Lab Supply, we’ve got you covered with everyday cleaning essentials for disease prevention, including professional-grade, fast-acting disinfectants for all surfaces and the Vale of Eden line of Pure Therapeutic and Certified Organic Essential Oils, which are effective in helping fight seasonal illnesses.
What Disinfectant is Right for Your Needs?
Even with diligent handwashing, viruses and bacteria linger on high-touch surfaces such as light switches, door handles, phones, and keyboards, passing easily from person to person. That’s why your first line of defense starts with high-quality disinfectants to help significantly reduce the spread of pathogens.
For healthcare professionals, reliable disinfectants are essential. As you know, prevention is key to maintaining your health and safety throughout the fall and winter seasons.
Some of the disinfectant options for both professional and everyday use:
In fast-paced environments, alcohol-based disinfectants such as Clorox Disinfecting Surface Wipes and PDI Super Sani-Cloth Germicidal Disposal Wipes are effective for quick disinfection use on high-touch non-medical surfaces such as waiting rooms, door handles, countertops, and light switches. These disinfectants rapidly kill 99.9% of bacteria and viruses, and are proven to be effective against 26 microorganisms, including Human Coronavirus, MRSA, RSV, Hepatitis C, and E. coli.
For medical settings and equipment, alcohol-free disinfectants such as PDI AF3 Sani-Cloth Germicidal Disposal Wipes or CaviCide Surface Disinfectant Spray are suitable for use on non-porous surfaces, including medical equipment, medical, dental, and laboratory surfaces. These products meet CDC and OSHA guidelines, providing a powerful but gentle disinfection, rapidly combating 45 microorganisms within three minutes, including 13 multi-drug resistant organisms. The use of these alcohol-free and fragrance-free disinfectants is also a great choice for environments where individuals may have respiratory or olfactory sensitivities.
The Role of Essential Oils in Natural Immune Support
During the winter months, essential oils can act as a natural added layer of defense to help fight airborne and surface pathogens and maintain a healthy well-being, due to their natural antimicrobial, antiviral, and immune-boosting properties.
Supporting your body’s natural defenses is made easy with our individual essential oils, or we also offer an Immunity Support Essential Oil Starter Kit. This kit includes rosemary, lemon, eucalyptus, clove, and cinnamon essential oils to create your own DIY immunity support blend with a 99.96% success rate at killing airborne bacteria.
Some benefits of essential oils in immune support include:
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Air purification: Helps effectively purify the air and reduce airborne bacteria, offering immune and respiratory support through aromatherapy using a humidifier or diffuser.
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Natural surface disinfectant: For a natural disinfectant for your home, simply mix a few drops of lemon, eucalyptus, or tea tree oil with distilled water or vinegar in a spray bottle.
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Topical Support: You can dilute a few drops of essential oils with a carrier oil and apply to temples, neck, or wrists for natural aromatherapy, immune support, or relief.
Taking preventative measures and combining our high-quality professional disinfectants with the use of our natural immune-supporting essential oils helps give your immune system the boost it needs to stay strong and better protected throughout the fall and winter.
Visit Med Lab Supply today and explore our full range of high-quality disinfectants and essential oils to help reduce your risk this cold and flu season, maintain a safe environment, and protect the well-being of you, your staff, or patients.
